题目内容
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式
The Amber Room1.(put) up in 1709. It used to belong2.Frederick William I, the first King of Prussia. Peter the Great fell in love with the room on a visit, and in 1716 the King of Prussia sent it to Peter the Great as a gift.
The Amber Room was shipped to Russia in 18 large boxes and put in the Winter Palace in St Petersburg as a part of a European art collection. It was first open in 1746 in the Winter Palace,3.it was housed till 1755. In 1755, Czarina Elizabeth ordered the room4.(move) to the Catherine Palace in Pushkin. An Italian5.(art) Bartolomeo Francesco Rastrelli redesigned the room to fit into its new larger space,6.(use) extra amber from Berlin.
7.seems hard to believe that boxes of several tons of amber could go missing, and many historians have tried to solve the mystery. Most of them believe8.the boxes were destroyed in the Second World War. One of the more extreme theories is that Stalin9.(actual) had a second Amber Room and the Germans stole a fake (赝品).
The history of the new Amber Room, at least, is known for sure. The reconstruction (重建),10.was based largely on black and white photographs of the original Amber Room, began in 1979 at Tsarskoye Selo and was completed 25 years later.
King's College Summer School
King's College Summer School is an annual training program for high school students at all levels that want to improve their English. The teachers of King’s College and other colleges in New York give courses. Trips to museums and culture centers are also organized. This year's summer school will be from July 25 to August 15. More information is as follows:
Application (申请) date ●Students in New York should send their applications before July 18, 2017. ●Students of other cities should send their applications before July 16, 2017. ●Foreign students should send their applications before July 10, 2017. | Courses Spoken English: 22 hours Reading and Writing: 10 hours ●American History: 16 hours ●American Culture: 16 hours |
Steps ●A letter of self-introduction ●A letter of recommendation ●The letters should be written in English with all the necessary information. | Cost ●Daily lessons: $200 ●Sports and activities: $100 ●Travels: $200 ●Hotel service: $400 ●You may choose to live with your friends or relatives in the same city. |
1.You can most probably read the text in _____.
A. a newspaper B. a travel guide
C. a textbook D. a telephone book
2.Which of the following is true about King's College Summer School?
A. Only top students can take part in the program.
B. Only the teachers of King' s College give courses.
C. King' s College Summer School is run every other year.
D. Visits to museums and culture centers are part of the program.
3.If you are to live with your relatives in New York, you will have to pay the school _____.
A. $200 B. $400
C. $500 D. $900
4.What information can you get from the text?
A. The program will last two months.
B. You can write to Thompson only in English.
C. You can get in touch with the school by e-mail or by telephone.
D. As a Chinese student, you can send your application on July 14, 2017.
